Frederic, WI
Frederic wildfire risk explained
Frederic's 711 buildings earn a 40th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Frederic's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
Frederic's building exposure, zone by zone
711 buildings are counted in Frederic, and 57% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 43% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Frederic against the rest of the country
Frederic's 91st-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 40th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Frederic ranks 18,865 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,558 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 70 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Frederic
Frederic's elevated wildfire rating (40th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 57% of Frederic's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Frederic's 40th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Frederic, see the exposure-zones guide.